English golfer Daniel Brown captured his second European tour title by winning the BMW International Open by two strokes on Sunday. ... Read full Story
U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley on Wednesday has named Gary Woodland as the fifth and final vice captain of his team who will try to reclaim the trophy from Europe this year at Bethpage Black in New York. ... Read full Story
No. 1 is obvious, but who comes after Scheffler in our ranking of the 25 best players on the PGA Tour ahead of the final major of the season? ... Read full Story
Lee Westwood qualified for The Open at Royal Portrush later this month, his first major tournament since the former world No. 1 joined Saudi-funded LIV Golf three years ago. ... Read full Story
Federal authorities are investigating Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley on allegations of gambling related to NBA games and prop bets, sources told ESPN on Sunday. ... Read full Story
Aldrich Potgieter, a 20-year-old rookie from South Africa, made an 18-foot birdie putt on the fifth playoff hole, outlasting Max Greyserman to win the Rocket Classic in Detroit on Sunday and secure the first PGA Tour title for the tour's youngest player. ... Read full Story
Patrick Reed lost the lead with a 3-over 75 and then atoned for it by making a 15-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a four-man playoff Sunday to win LIV Golf Dallas, his first title since joining the Saudi-funded league in 2022. ... Read full Story
Somi Lee poured in an 8-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to team with fellow South Korean Jin Hee Im to win the Dow Championship on Sunday, denying Lexi Thompson her first LPGA title in six years. ... Read full Story
Padraig Harrington came out on top of a major championship that felt more like match play, closing his round Sunday with seven straight pars for a 3-under 67 at the U.S. Senior Open, topping Stewart Cink by one shot in Colorado Springs, Colorado. ... Read full Story
Adrien Saddier shot a 4-under 66 to win the Italian Open for his first European tour title in his 200th start. He also earned a spot in the Open Championship. ... Read full Story
Padraig Harrington salvaged an up-and-down day with a chip-in birdie from 20 yards out on the 18th hole Saturday to pull back into a tie for the lead with Stewart Cink and Mark Hensby at the U.S. Senior Open. ... Read full Story
Patrick Reed shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead at LIV Golf Dallas in a bid for his first victory on the Saudi-funded tour. ... Read full Story
Aldrich Potgieter, 20, the PGA Tour's youngest player and its biggest hitter, rolled up five straight birdies to surge into the third-round lead and finished with a 7-under 65 on Saturday for a two-shot edge in the Rocket Classic at the Detroit Golf Club. ... Read full Story
A video of Padraig Harrington arguing with NBC on-course reporter Roger Maltbie for not helping him look for a lost ball during his opening round is generating buzz at the U.S. Senior Open. ... Read full Story
Sarah Schmelzel and Albane Valenzuela took a one-shot lead Saturday in the Dow Championship after shooting a 2-under 68 in alternate-shot play. ... Read full Story
Padraig Harrington and Stewart Cink endured the ups and downs of the U.S. Senior Open together for a second straight day Friday and found themselves tied for the lead with Mark Hensby. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 6, 2025 is:
antic \AN-tik\ noun
Antic refers to an attention-drawing, often wildly playful or funny act or action. It is usually used in its plural form, and is often used disapprovingly.
// It wasn't clear which students were ultimately responsible for the antics that unfolded in the cafeteria that day.
“A couple of adult gorillas, including one majestic silverback, lay indolently on the ground—seemingly reveling in the early morning sunshine, while a pair of young gorillas tumbled down from a mound and played together on the muddy earth. It was remarkable to see how similar they are to humans. They live in family groups and their movements, antics and expressions are so like ours. In fact, data shows that humans and gorillas differ in only 1.75 per cent of their DNA, far less than previously assumed. (Chimpanzees—our closest relatives—differ only 1.37 per cent from our genomes.)” — Zeineb Badawi, An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence, 2025
Did you know?
When referring to one of the grotesques—the fanciful, often fantastical mural paintings found in the ruins of ancient Roman buildings—the Italian descendants of the ancient Romans used the word antico, meaning “ancient thing.” In 16th-century English, antico (itself a descendant of the Latin word for “ancient,” antiquus) became antic, and got applied as both a noun and an adjective in contexts related to decorative art—sculptures, painting, architecture, etc.—inspired by the original grotesques. Antic shifted in meaning over time, eventually gaining the senses we use more often today: antic as an adjective describes the absurd or whimsical, and antic as a usually plural noun refers to attention-grabbing, playful or funny acts and actions.